conjure
英 ['kʌndʒə]
美 ['kʌndʒɚ]
- vt. 念咒召唤；用魔法驱赶；提出，想象；恳求
- vi. 施魔法；变魔术
TEM8 GRE
1、con- "together" + jur- "swear" + -e.
2、字面含义为：swear together, command on oath.
conjure 变魔术con-, 强调。-jur, 发誓，念咒，词源同abjure, jurist.
- conjure (v.)
- late 13c., "command on oath," from Old French conjurer "invoke, conjure" (12c.), from Latin coniurare "to swear together; conspire," from com- "together" (see com-) + iurare "to swear" (see jury (n.)). Magical sense is c. 1300, for "constraining by spell" a demon to do one's bidding. Related: Conjured; conjuring. Phrase conjure up "cause to appear in the mind" (as if by magic) attested from 1580s.
- 1. By 1920, Fox and Universal were already names to conjure with.
- 到1920年，福克斯和环球已经声名显赫。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. What does the word "feminist" conjure up for you?
- “女权主义者”这个词会让你想到什么？
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They managed to conjure a victory.
- 他们出人意料地取得了胜利。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Her grandfather taught her to conjure.
- 她的祖父教她变魔术。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. I can't simply conjure up the money out of thin air.
- 我是不能像变魔术似的把钱变来.
来自《简明英汉词典》
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